Silver: Debunking The Myths

Ok, It's not just "Mad MAX" adding his voice to Silver Manipulation. Some very well-known figures from academia have also pointed out the Silver Manipulation by JPM/HSBC. King World News interviews these individuals in a very professional way. Individuals have had their lives threatened over Silver Manipulation. Care to explain that????? JFK was assassinated over Silver!

1:53 pm December 15, 2010

ExplainThis wrote:

Please ignore the bullion gold to silver price ratio is currently at 46:1 and the gold to silver derivatives market is currently at a 3:1 ratio
OR that the derivatives PAPER market is 10x the actual physical market.

a more than superficial(as in this article)analysis of the Andrew McQuire story will reveal that the trader sent detailed e-mails to the CFTC this spring,predicting fraudulent trading activities BEFORE they occurred.
Days later his car was rammed by another car that came out of an alley,hospitalizing Andrew and his wife.

2:47 pm December 15, 2010

learning2 wrote:

Seems a lot more sources could have been reviewed and cited in this article. If so, I don't think the statement, '...So if U.S. banks have been attempting to keep silver prices lower, then it clearly isn’t working...' could be made bassed on real facts and data!

Manipulation of the public...WSJ? Mass media. What do you expect. It is amusing to scan these 'news' and 'opinions'.

Wow, an no mention AT ALL that there used to be a several billion ounce stockpile of silver and now it's all gone. No mention that COMEX is scrambling wildly to fulill silver deliveries. No mention of the TWO increases in margin requirements, made while silver was FALLING not rising. No mention the latgest silver ETF is controlled by the same company accused of manipulating the market through huge short positions. This is the Journal? This is reporting?

3:27 pm December 15, 2010

Reality! wrote:

More 'nothing to see here' journalism. Shameful.

5:29 pm December 15, 2010

cj wrote:

I always laugh when i see journalist try to predict the price movement or give investment advice ! IF journalist could predict price movement they would make 100 times more money being TRADERS..

Anyone who reads this should realize journalist are monkeys with pens when it comes to trading, and the worst thing an investor could do is read an article from a financial journalist and use that for investing or trading advice.

THE TRUTH IS, SILVER WILL HIT 50 DOLLARS IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2011. Thats something you can set your watch to.

as for our journalist (trader wanabe) all you have to do is google her name and find out she doesnt know squat about trading.

5:41 pm December 15, 2010

John wrote:

Hey, it's a little early for April fools Ms. Hotter. Please keep the spin for Fox news, otherwise they might tell the truth one of these days.

5:45 pm December 15, 2010

Five Thousand Years wrote:

XAG $500 (16:1) XAU $8,000 = Thank You, Comrades.

6:11 pm December 15, 2010

joe evans wrote:

The basic problem with financial journalists is they write about stocks but are INCAPABLE of explaining what makes markets move. THIS FAILURE REVEALS 3 DYSFUNCTIONS OF FINANCIAL JOURNALISM:

1. Repeating analyst quotes as if they were explanations;
2. Confusing coincidence with causality;
3. Using the stock market as a forum to spout political opinions.

Let's examine the first dysfunction: Journalists need to write about the market's movements because their editors ask them to. So journalists ask so-called market experts, who, in order to keep appearing to be experts, must say something other than "I have no idea." So they make up answers, which the journalists write in their articles -- and that makes their editors happy.

6:11 pm December 15, 2010

hoseroutfromleftfield wrote:

@hoser: You almost had me until JFK being killed for silver! LOL!

6:15 pm December 15, 2010

David wrote:

Also no mention of the billions of dollars of silver contracts that don't have the bullion to back them up.

7:19 pm December 15, 2010

Malachi Constant wrote:

JFk killed for silver? Maybe not the silver dimes in his pockets but if you look at what JFK was about to do to the FED (EO 11110) you will realize that is WAS for money (and more) but if it makes you feel better, just continue thinking a disgruntled Oswald was the "lone gunman" and everything will be A OK. ROTFLMAO.

8:02 pm December 15, 2010

Markus A wrote:

Say what you will but JPM did have short positions equal to 3x the yearly World supply. That is called naked shorting. Fact is if everyone just in the US alone bought one oz. of silver the consumer supply would be gone.
What would happen if China started buying. What about mentioning the whistleblower who started this ruckus 3 months ago was hit n run outside the court building where he testifying? One hedge fund buying could double the market overnight. It certainly seems plausible for JPM under the Govt. ot the Fed quietly keeping the price from rising equal to the dollars being printed. Time will tell. Buy your 10 oz while you can....what have you got to loose it's only a couple hundred..

8:44 pm December 15, 2010

uponroof wrote:

Maybe Jim Rickards, that crazy conspiracy nut who is routinely inteviewed on CNBC Squawkbox and who over the decades has intervened ob behalf of governments regarding Iranian Hostages and LTCM collapse could help clarify what the big window banks are up to. Afterall the Chinese just last month had him over to consult regarding currency exchange issues. Certainly he, crazy as he might be, could help explain what's really going on with precious metals...I suggest you do your homework on this issue as it's likely going to get much bigger over time, leading to all sorts of financial/economic/monetary policy/currency FUBAR.

8:53 pm December 15, 2010

north south eash west korea wrote:

you know i know we know this article is a joke. Go Max Keiser! Buy Silver Crash JPM

8:54 pm December 15, 2010

bill wrote:

There are two silver prices now. The spot price and the real price. Look for the two to continue diverging.

9:01 pm December 15, 2010

silver fox wrote:

Silver has intrinsic value. Paper derivatives do not. In all probability, 98% of silver paper derivatives are unbacked. Of course, this "little" problem means nothing to modern economists (and journalists) captured in the delusional mentality of a fractional reserve banking system. A fool might say "you can't eat silver," but only a moron would say that you can substitute paper for silver in electronic devices and other new technologies. Good luck in that "Brave New World," Ms. Hotter.

9:07 pm December 15, 2010

Outback Jack wrote:

This article appears to be a very one sided affair. The author repeatedly makes the statement that the 'nut cases' making these accusations are not backing them up with facts. It appears to me that this author has written this article based on fiction, rather than fact. A little research on the CFTC's web site would have provided some of these facts, as would a few minutes on the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee's web site.

All in all, a very one sided and pro-banking article. Very disappointing.article from you Andrea. Perhaps an article outlining some of the other facts could be written?

Outback

9:26 pm December 15, 2010

Eftian wrote:

I see WSJ has conveiniently forgotten to include JPMs massive derivitive short position in silver, which does amount to multiple years of world silver mining supply at current production levels.

So yes, it is a BIG DEAL. Except to financial journalists who fail to comprehend or are too lazy to research the markets on which they are supposedly reporting.

9:50 pm December 15, 2010

FreeMason wrote:

@hoseroutfromleftfield: youlaugh about the JFK comment, however you forget to remember that the last two presidents who tried to change the way our monitery system works : Abraham Lincoln and John F Kennedy.
think about it

10:14 pm December 15, 2010

Tom H. wrote:

Crash WSJ, stop reading their lies!!!!!! JP Morgan a well respected bank? By whom? Ben Bernanke? You know the end is near when the propoganda is so blatant. This is the least researched, most inaccurate article I have seen since BHO's campaign. What a joke! The once mighty WSJ is now just another joke in the long line of US media outlets that have sold out to the propogandists. Mad Max is right to be mad. Despite years of libtards demonizing anger, anger is a perfectly natural human responce to injustice.

10:42 pm December 15, 2010

Anonymous wrote:

Hi Lady Hotter,

You are an equal or MAYBE BIGGER fraud THAN JP MORGAN SILVER FRAUD.

All the "Smart american people" don't need TO PROVE ANYTHING TO FOOLS LIKE YOU writing in BANKS official mouthpiece.

Just become Hot, Hotter , Hottest and MELT AWAY

11:35 pm December 15, 2010

Anonymous wrote:

The author of this article did not remove spread positions from her silver concentration computation. A spread position entails going long one maturity while simultaneously going short a different maturity. There is no exposure to the underlying commodity price, only exposure to price changes between the two maturities.

The author would find that concentration ratios are much higher if she removed spreading. JP Morgan was net short 25,956 contracts as of December 7. Open interest, less spreading, was 83,066 contracts. In short, JP Morgan held 31.2% of the total number of outstanding futures contracts as of last week (not 19%). Furthermore, concentration was 43.6% in January. This is why Bart Chilton said one trader controlled 40% of the silver market.

This so called journalism is a sure sign of the bankers desperation in resorting to their top teir propaganda machine the WSJ. Too late , the smoke is clearing ,the mirrors have shattered , and they are now playing with a naked hand ,clear to see for those of us who choose to take a look. Further more their real chips have been lost and they are reduced to begging ever larger paper iou,s from the House. Unlike Miss Hotter I have been following this story for nearly 4 years now and have trippled my net worth by going all in on physical possession of silver and a basket of silver miners.No trading just buy hold and keep buying. So far my pile of chips is very real and getting bigger. But hey maybe they will pull a rabbit out of the hat at the last minute and prove me wrong but I doubt it and I and thousands like me are willing to put everything down and call their bluff . And its not just about the profit this time , its about being on the right side of history , the JUST and MORAL side of history. I have absolute clarity that the current fractional fiat system is irretrievably bust.

1:44 am December 16, 2010

Long John Silver wrote:

If you had done any research you would have found the physical Silver market is short. One Prime example is our own US Mint. The Mint was going to produce 5, 5oz silver "coins" before the end of this year. Originally 100,000 of each of the 5 coins were to be produced. That number has been reduced to 33,000 of each. The Mint refuses to comment on the reason for this drastic reduction but it's obvious to anyone with any sense at all. It's all about supply and Physical Silver is rapidly disappearing from the market. Dealers everywhere are out of immediate delivery stock with claimed wait times for delivery of up to 6 months. This was happening before the "Crash JP Morgan, Buy Silver" movement went viral worldwide.

3:39 am December 16, 2010

Silverseeker wrote:

Articles like this have appeared in a flurry as the physical short squeeze is exacting its toll on the paper shorts. Via leverage, each physical ounce removed from the exchange exposes as much of 100 paper ounces promised, for which there is no metal to deliver. In a free society, the people decide what is money; while in today's society, we're coerced into accepting 'fiat by decree'. Gresham's Law is now reasserting itself, and it will be the central bank and bankers whom respect it least that will soon suffer most. Individuals converting paper into silver ounces understand there's stopping the madness of today's central banks.

4:43 am December 16, 2010

Peter wrote:

But for the possible manipulation of the price, maybe the price of silver would be much higher, in sync with a more normal gold to silver ratio, as contrasted to the current 48 or so to 1 compared to a more normal 20 to 1. Maybe, the alleged silver market manipulation is working very well, though I agree that the price of silver is enjoying a steady march northward more in consonance with its value as both an industrial metal and as a precious metal.

4:49 am December 16, 2010

Alec wrote:

You'd be hard pressed to find a more one sided article, surprise surprise supporting the status quo.

Complete garbage of a story, why even bother?

5:16 am December 16, 2010

TheSilverGuild wrote:

The wall st journal is the toilet paper of record!!

5:21 am December 16, 2010

Bruce wrote:

What a useless article, total waist of precious time and web space. WSJ we expect better!

5:38 am December 16, 2010

saynototheun wrote:

It looks like the journalists working for the Council on Foriegn Relations, The Federal Reserve, and the rest of the socialist New World Order thugs don't want to understand that the sheeple are not as gullible as they wish we were.

7:40 am December 16, 2010

DOCTOR wrote:

Did they make you write this?

7:49 am December 16, 2010

FKY wrote:

what about the silver gold ratio as per earths crust, aprox 15ounces of sivler for every 1 ounce of gold found! This ratio goes back to the bginning of civilization, and that ratio is out of whack, currently 47 to 1 and will revert to the historical norm over a yes a very short period of time. Let me do the math for the reporter, if gold is say $1,400 silver should be $90 as per historic / natural ratio.
This is a shamefull article. Propaganda!!
Furthermore reg the Hunt Brothers, was it not Bunker who said ' any fool can run a printing press'.
Will this same reporter say QE2, 3, 4, 5 , 6, 7,... is not printing money?

8:20 am December 16, 2010

projack wrote:

The Wall Street Journal article
This article is total rubbish.
What interesting read here are the comments on the bottom of the page, as the voice and anger of the people who had enough with this kind of propaganda. Not even one defending the article, as everyone had enough with MSM BS.
Thanks for all who contributed.

8:37 am December 16, 2010

ST wrote:

What sort of journalism is this, that takes no consideration for what is actually afoot in the monetary sector. I'm sorry, but this journalist appears either highly influenced or clueless. Nobody defending it owing to it being indefensible.

300 so-called experts against silver but 3,000,000,000 people around the world for. IMHO 3,000,000,000 people can not be wrong.

11:09 am December 16, 2010

Unimpressed wrote:

This article isn't journalism - it's corrupt propaganda.
The writer of this article should be ashamed of himself as a human being.

12:08 pm December 16, 2010

Who Wrote This TRASH wrote:

This is the biggest piece of trash ever written. Quality journalism like this is why I canceled my wall street journal subscription and now get Barrons and the FT. What the hell happened to this paper, they used to dig, now they are all so lazy they scratch with a trimmed nail. Andrea Hotter go work for the village voice and get a clue.

12:12 pm December 16, 2010

WR Hearst wrote:

When did we buy Pravda from the Russians?

12:23 pm December 16, 2010

Sam Elliot wrote:

The author of this blog hasnt denied the existence of silver shorts, nor investigations into the market. The story merely points out that nobody seems to have any evidence of how large the short position is, at what price the company went short, when, and how many other shorts there are. It seems all the longs who are writing are miserable the market hasn't yet reached the levels they'd like! A campaign to buy silver - how manipulative is that? Someone show me the data and then tell me if US banks collectively own 19.1 percent of silver shorts futures positions, who actually has the rest? And since when did trading ratios stay set in stone for eternity? Yes, silver is lagging, but other metals are way overvalued, if you use the same ratios. The issue is that the CFTC and other regulators should step in if they feel there's a problem - something they've done. The finger of blame should be on them.

12:38 pm December 16, 2010

RICO ACT wrote:

There are class action lawsuits against JPM and HSBC for breaching the Sherman Act, the Commodities Exchange Act, and the RICO Act. CFTC Commissioner Bart Chilton has stated publicly that one trader holds a position over 40% of the silver market.

Can the author of this article even spell the word journalism? Shame WSJ! Shame!

1:21 pm December 16, 2010

Anonymous wrote:

wow! what a piece of free & accurate information we have here... is this guy payed by Jp and HSBC?
we are not buying this crap pal....
buy silver crush the bankster JP morgan!

2:06 pm December 16, 2010

Pooh bear wrote:

Andrea,
It's not worth it in the long run. Like the thinly veiled collusion of our government agencies in the false flag terror events used to promote war, globalist agendas and the errosion of our civil liberties, the blatant criminality of the large financial houses of Wall Street and the City of London will be exposed. How will this piece be viewed then?
Please, step into the fight for truth. These people will betray you.

2:13 pm December 16, 2010

Michael Rivero wrote:

Andrea, whatever they pay you to look this stupid, trust me, it is not enough!

Outstanding journalistic standards here. What an investigative reporter you have WSJ - do not let go of him or her this guy or gal is top of the table. Thanks Andrea for exposing what is really going on. I will sleep so much better tonight knowing that you have dug to the bottom of this scam and found ou that I imagined it all. Merci.

3:41 pm December 16, 2010

Glenn wrote:

So should I invest in the Obama Chia Pet or not?

3:45 pm December 16, 2010

Dr. Y-KM-R P.H.D wrote:

Well now that I know the truth I'll grind up my silver and sprinkle it on my X-mas cookies...

3:48 pm December 16, 2010

Reverend Jim wrote:

The truth shall set you free. How about trying to write it? The mainstream media has lied to the American Public for so long, nothing can be believed anymore, it's all propaganda.

Wow, everything I was going to say has been said, and far more viciously than I'd planned to do -- the WSJ appears to be a mouthpiece for JPMorgan et al -- people aren't buying the BS anymore. You'd do well to actually report facts and not reprint press releases. Have a good holiday. I hope that Santa brings you lots of PHYSICAL silver.

4:08 pm December 16, 2010

Silver tea bag wrote:

The American Public can't handle the truth. Really, I live here in the land of the double digit IQ. And its not much fun.

4:12 pm December 16, 2010

mitch 52 wrote:

Authors premise- “nut cases” think silver being manipulated lower. Fact -Silver prices have been rising. Conclusion - Silver prices are not being manipulated lower. This is the most simplistic garbage I have read for a while in the WSJ. Silver’s price is rising because the manipulation is unraveling!! Take delivery!

4:21 pm December 16, 2010

tom dee wrote:

In 2008 there was a crash in the stock prices of silver. PAAS one company I have was selling for $42 a share and within a month it was $9.25 a share.. During that time JPMorgan took a huge short position. A position which no other organization than a bloated bank could do. As long as they have the power of unlimited finance as a bank has with the open window of the federal reserve the banks have an unfair advantage in a market which is very loosely supervised. There was no effort of keep JP Morgan to a level of silver which could be covered. This set up a private organization with the ability to slam the market and drive in down 75 percent. The control of the market is one reason why so few elected to play in the market. I do wish that stories reporting on a matter do not start out with conspiracy theories or tooth fairy especially when the report apparently does not understand the precious metal market. When it walks like a duck and sounds like duck one should think that it might be a duck unless proven to be something else. The silver market is corrupt and it controlled by a few and that I believe is something that hsould have been address before one starts talking tooth fairy.

4:29 pm December 16, 2010

Wall Street Journal Joke wrote:

How about mainstream media editors read the comments to their articles once in a while? Nah. Let's just keep on pumping out the propaganda and hopefully one day people will start believing what we write again. As soon as I saw the title and source of this article, I just started laughing. As if the Wall Street Journal could write a non biased view on the metals markets. Get the message WSJ. Nobody believes anything you write anymore! It's clear as day that you are simply as establishment voice that has become obsolete. If you represent the interests of the big banks, then you too should be abolished right along with them. I think that every American should pull every fiat dollar out of their bank accounts and exchange them for real money while they still can. Please stop the theatrics WSJ. You are a joke.

4:32 pm December 16, 2010

Beau Deters wrote:

The readers who left comments clearly are not buying the Wall Street propaganda put out by its (Wall Street's) own news paper.

1. Lack of a signed confession by Jamie Diamon for manipulating the silver market is not evidence that there is no manipulation.

2. The explosion in the price of the metal over the last couple of months is not proof that the market is not being manipulated, for it may be evidence that the manipulation is beginning to fail, or that the conspirators have retreated to higher ground, if it is being manipulated.

3. Why is there a stunning absence of the numerous class action lawsuits that have been filed including at least 1 RICO suit against JP Morgan & HSBC? It is easy to over look evidence when it is omitted or edited out, or the author is so biased as to refuse the existence of said suits.

4. Please reference the Bank of International Settlements public numbers and see that there are $127 Billion worth of precious metals derivatives in the silver market and explain how a short speculative position this large could have any effect other than suppressing, ARTIFICIALLY, the price of silver.

5. Please explain how Bart Chilton's, a member of the CFTC, who has said that the silver is being manipulated and the conspirators need to be prosecuted according a Reuter's article does not constitute an official admission of silver price suppression.

6. Please explain how Bart Chilton's, still a member of the CFTC, who has said just earlier this week, that a (1) single bank holds or held a 40% speculative position according to a Reuter's article, in the silver market as not constituting an official admission of silver price suppression.

Dear author, I am afraid that I must conclude that it is you that are the conspiracy theorist when these 6 points are point together. Please, for your next piece of propaganda, LABEL IT AS SUCH!

4:34 pm December 16, 2010

Harry Johnson wrote:

When bunkie hunt and his brother manipulated the price of silver it was a disaster for thousands of honest businesses which used silver as part of their product such as electrical and electronics manufacturing. It is very doubtful that anyone on Wall Street performs any socially useful purpose. It is a measure of how far our society has fallen that none of the people like dimon are doing hard prison time. Till their frauds are unraveled and prosecuted the society and economy will not recover.

5:00 pm December 16, 2010

Anonymous wrote:

WSJ you no long vaild

5:13 pm December 16, 2010

Ian Mokel wrote:

I really had to bite my tongue to keep from laughing at this pathetic attempt to lull the public back to sleep. Anybody who listens to the advice of WSJ deserves what they get. And what they will get is their hat handed to them. God help these people when the Americans are made to face sqaurely the reality of what has been done to them. Bankers will indeed be jumping out of windows, but this time to avoid being drawn and quatered, which is a far better fate than most of them deserve.

5:20 pm December 16, 2010

Please be true wrote:

DOCTOR wrote:
.Did they make you write this?

lmao.. no really ..lmao but want to know as well, how did they get to you?

5:30 pm December 16, 2010

IbuyPhysical wrote:

Gentlemen,
don't you think you're being a little harsh on Ms. Hotter?
Ms. Hotter, you might want to supplement your financial credentials though, perhaps a photo of yourself in a skimpy low-cut something like the FOX News financial girls wear might distract the readers from the snot you are publishing?
I'm kidding, u r a joke. haha haha
keep reading the comments though, im sure a troll/shill will show up at some point in support of the crap you wrote...

5:49 pm December 16, 2010

I bought silver @$5/oz wrote:

Thanks so much for clearing up the silver myth; maybe I should divest before it comes crashing down? Actually, I really want to thank you for providing me with a healthy laugh - good for the immune system and a diversion from the distressing news about how bankers and politicians are destroying one of the greatest experiments of freedom and prosperity in history. Junk journalism.

6:03 pm December 16, 2010

Dillan wrote:

65 of 65 Internet commenters agree. You are so full of $#!+ that your eyes are brown...

Keep on buying up the silver, folks. The collapse will be very soon

6:09 pm December 16, 2010

Anonymous wrote:

i agree 100% Dillan this people is out of their mind,.,, WSJ FXXX You!

6:16 pm December 16, 2010

Anonymous wrote:

andrea you have no clue about what you are writing, shame on you and you toilet paper of record WSJ

6:22 pm December 16, 2010

j r wrote:

This article convinced me to buy another 500 oz of silver. The WSJ is so full of $#!+ that I always assume the opposite of what they print is closer to the truth.

6:47 pm December 16, 2010

John James Jnr wrote:

What you seem to be forgetting is that this is a blog, a forum for someone to give an opinion. Just as, in the same way, you're giving an opinion here. The article doesn't deny there are silver shorts - it just assesses the data in another article that, frankly, did not have any details to back it up. Some of these comments are shameful vitriol and only serve to make you look like the crackpot conspirators that you claim you're not.

6:52 pm December 16, 2010

Lone rangers horse wrote:

How much did JP Morgan contribute to your publication to get this piece of trash article published? For the first time in history there is now more gold than silver. Logically it has no where to go but up. Supply -- Demand unlike the Dollar which is being dropped all over the place is losing value.

Don't you have to understand economics to write for the WSJ?

6:53 pm December 16, 2010

Thebes wrote:

Thanks, WSJ, for helping keep down silver prices while I stock up.
Its clear the paper silver market is collapsing under the thieves.

7:18 pm December 16, 2010

Nestor wrote:

Beds of a feather! WSJ is the propaganda arm of Wall St. We all know what's going to happen, it's only a matter of time. Thanks WSJ for proving the silver bugs correct. It's painfully clear the ruling class is in a panic. Your days are numbered.

The WSJ is obliged to keep rich people happy by telling them what they like to hear. This is because rich people pay their bills and brokers and have discretionary funds. All this began with the nonsense of the Laffer Curve, and Paul Mouton preaching to the smug converted. When their readership dropped off, they RAISED their prices: in other words, did the opposite of the dopey market model they peddled so successfully. Now they belong to NewsCorpse and live behind a paywall.

7:35 pm December 16, 2010

David wrote:

People no longer trust the mainstream media precisely because of articles like this....

8:57 pm December 16, 2010

Freedom of Speech wrote:

"Big deal" -- well sure, if you're the Wall Street Journal and you serve the banking industry. Otherwise, it IS a matter of concern, this silver market rigging issue. Judging from the comments section (really the source of truth) nobody is swallowing Ms. Hotter's little public relations piece on behalf of her banking masters. The FACT is, it's not just "nuts" like Keiser who are saying it -- it's the CFTC itself, by talking about 'repeated attempts to influence prices', according to Bart Chilton, commissioner at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Why don't you mention this one, Ms. Hotter?

Or how about the fact Mr. Maguire warned the London Metals Exchange in ADVANCE of a silver raid, which turned out exactly how he predicted it would? (Google this for yourself.) Again, where are you Ms. Hotter?

This article = EPIC FAIL.

9:47 pm December 16, 2010

MediaSpin wrote:

Paleeeeeeeeze

10:46 pm December 16, 2010

thedamisbreaking wrote:

Your shill lies are all too apparent, WSJ.

Are your ":reporters" aware that there are "journalists" sitting in jail in the Hague at this very moment? Journalists who participated in crimes against humanity.

You know perfectly well that you are lying and serving people who are criminals. You belong in jail for life.

11:27 pm December 16, 2010

Kim wrote:

IT'S OVER. STOP LYING!!!

11:32 pm December 16, 2010

Take The Red Pill wrote:

Heck. Not a single positive comment about this pack of lies masquerading as objective journalism. The mainstream media is completely lame and if it was a horse it would need to be dispatched with a bullet to the head.

12:04 am December 17, 2010

Crash JP Morgan!! wrote:

This i pack of absolute horse Sh&* is ridiculous. It is obvious you are covering for your criminal banker buddies. THE GIG IS UP!! THE PARTY IS OVER!!
The end of the FEDERAL RESERVE is near and I cannot wait!
Cheers everyone!

1:09 am December 17, 2010

Ken Tillotson wrote:

Keep buying physical silver on the dips !!

1:12 am December 17, 2010

Rocking your Boat wrote:

Mainstream media paid off by the Elites.
Hows the pain? must really hurt but the bleeding still carries on.
Keep on stacking guys!!!!!!!!!

1:43 am December 17, 2010

JFK wrote:

It's not a conspiracy theory that price of silver has been manipulated for ages now. The factual evidence is all over the place, one doesn't have to search hard. What are you getting paid to shovel this crap? No one is buying it, as evident by the comments.

2:58 am December 17, 2010

coming soon wrote:

Its time for JP to start silver plating tugsten to cover their rear.

3:01 am December 17, 2010

MR. X wrote:

And the WSJ wonders why I don’t renew their crap. If I wanted to hear lies I could just turn on CNBC or FOX or CNN or any of the other main media channels and not have to pay extra for it. The only good thing your paper would be good for anymore is for my dog to take a crap on. Other than that why would I pay to read a paid for puff piece. Journalism is dead and all that it is now is just another form of advertisement for the wealthy institutions. If real media comes out you take it out for whatever reason you can find. Government hides truth and creates illusions.

3:18 am December 17, 2010

Anonymous wrote:

umm.. I'm just wondering if you had ever looked into the manipulation of silver yourself?
..cause from reading this article I'm left with the impression that you're new to this whole silver manipulation story if this is the case then I strongly advise you to read up on Ted Butler,David Morgan,Mike Maloney as all the evidence is there once you know what to look for.

Coincidentally, nine months ago when I made a Youtube video about how the "webbots" have predicted that silver would reach $600 USD/oz. in the near future ,some un-informed folks laughed at called me full of BS....but now we have several silver analyst calling for $500 oz. silver so it seems that $600 is getting closer than ever before!

Good luck on your silver shortage research and btw, the COMEX last week released their numbers mentioning how they had 107,000 ounces of physical silver but were contractually obligated for 720,000 ounces.... can you see the writing in the sand?

Peace and Prosperity

youtuber connectingdots1

3:21 am December 17, 2010

youtuber connectingdots1 wrote:

OOPS...my mistake...the COMEX has 107,000 million ounces of silver and 720,000 million ounces of silver contractually obligated to.

3:33 am December 17, 2010

Carl Hopkinson wrote:

"Big Bad Banker"

Yes, they are big. Huge actually.
Bad, no doubt about it....consuming bailout money from taxpayer funds by the trillion.

You seem to have a problem recognizing the difference between "allegations" and "facts"
as all the things you call "allegations" are well documented and as such are no longer allegations.

Is this what passes for Journalism nowadays????

3:52 am December 17, 2010

Hi ho Silver wrote:

The FACT is that the banks are holding silver short contracts worth many times more than the total silver supply. An honest reporter would have told you that instead of quoting the percentage of contracts held by the banks. Another fine example of bogus journalism.

4:44 am December 17, 2010

albert bornberg wrote:

all I can say is buy silver crash JP Morgan

4:52 am December 17, 2010

Potter Hotter wrote:

As Ms. Hotter's short-lived career in financial journalism comes to a grinding halt...

5:23 am December 17, 2010

Ms. Notter wrote:

This woman needs to read something by Ted Butler.

5:32 am December 17, 2010

Tyler Durden wrote:

People are always asking me if I know him.
zerohedge.com

6:14 am December 17, 2010

PJ Carin wrote:

What you people seem to be missing is that most commodity markets trade contracts worth many, many times more than the actual supply. Check out the data for oil. You may not like it, but banks are an integral part of the way the world operates, and will remain so. Get used to it, and get over it.

7:48 am December 17, 2010

peter benton wrote:

Crash JP Morgan buy silver

8:31 am December 17, 2010

Triptrip wrote:

Buy physical silver and get possession. If you can't, look at purchasing Sprott's PSLV ETF. The banks enslave everyone with their paper dollars loaned at interest. Buy physical silver on the dips. It's your patriotic duty! Let's get rid of these f'n bankers!

8:51 am December 17, 2010

TerraHertz wrote:

@ PJ Carin. Yes, it's the way the world works *now*. But perhaps you failed to notice, 'the world' (aka the fiat banking/corrupt financial system) doesn't actually work, and is in the process of blowing up as we speak.
Could it be that in an economic system which actually worked, such obviously criminal scams would be severely punished?

Anyway, same old. The only thing the MSM is good for, is to signal exactly which topics the Elites are in a panic about on any given day. At the moment their nightmare is silver, and I'm buying as much of their nightmare as I can. This is going to be so much fun.

Thank you WSJ and Ms Hotter, for doing your best to keep silver prices low for a while longer while the rest of us continue loading up on (absurdly cheap) silver bullets.

10:55 am December 17, 2010

Eye C. Clearly wrote:

>what’s clear is that the conspiracy theorists and bank-haters are having a field day.

The actual clarity is the use of emotionally loaded words as the rhetorical tool. Being a "hater" and having "theories" about "conspiracies" are typically considered negatives.

Rather than actually address the Malthusian shortage of metals or the economic "games" firms play and persuade with data, the author goes for the emotional chain jerk to attempt to sway.

The reality is above ground Silver is less than many other metals and has a lower price point. Its being used in non reclaimable methods such as Silver containing anti-bacterial pens and Silver odor reducing underwear.

And some firms are trying to short the market to make a buck. Given the size of some of these firms and the past claims of how they are "needed" by the economy and the willingness for Governments to bail some of these firms out in the past, let us keep our eyes on the issue of them being bailed out again - either by Government or by them attempting to loot their customers.

7:26 pm December 17, 2010

fraudstersgotojail wrote:

Ms. Hotter, fraud is a crime. You can't hide behind being a journalist when you are clearly and obviously aiding and abetting a fraud in progress. You might think that your associations will save you, however, it is always the little people like you that get thrown to the wolves when the scandal is truly exposed.

And the truth is that jail is too good for soulless criminal psychopath scum like you.

5:17 pm December 18, 2010

Codeman007 wrote:

If they tried to screw-up the market, let them crash hard, buy silver more than ever....

2:00 am December 19, 2010

steve wrote:

The Comex have just again raised margin requirements for silver which assists the crooks at JP and HSBC, as well as making it difficult for smaller traders to trade the silver markets. Comex ( crimex) and CTFC are just as involved in this as the JP and HSBC.

2:08 am December 19, 2010

steve wrote:

By the way that PJ Carin remark about -' get over it this is the way the world works' - is just part of the very problem that we are all facing now.

7:23 pm December 19, 2010

Silver Streak wrote:

Dear Ms. Hotter,

Do you realize that out of 105 comments, only one or two people even remotely agreed with any part of your article? Nobody believes anything you have to say about silver except maybe the CPM Group and Nadler at Kitco.

For the Comex to raise margin rates 3 times recently during a falling to flat silver price shows total desperation by the manipulators. In 2011, $50/oz silver is reality. No amount of lies or deception will stop $50/oz silver from occurring.

3:43 am December 21, 2010

streetmoney21 wrote:

I think you need to do a little more research. this article is very misleading and does not tell the true story, which may mislead readers. also what about the non us bank that now holds 6,329 short contracts on the comex. SO while JPM is covering their shorts another bank (outside of the US) increases their shorts. what are the chances this banks is connected to Chase Bank or HSBC.

6:12 pm December 29, 2010

Scott wrote:

I'm so tired of corporate media doing the dirty work for big banks and Wall St. Banksters are legalized criminals...end of story. Keep writing your cover-ups, but more and more people are wising up. PMs are not going up in value, our currency is being debased. Comparing the USD to other fiat currencies is yet another smoke and mirrors game. Someday in then near future everyone will understand this simple concept but unfortunately it will be too late for most people to do anything about it.

5:31 pm December 31, 2010

miles wrote:

you debunkers have to start reading. the books are there if you have the curage to step away from your professors and go to the library. it is allowed. you will not be punished, except by people who are uneducated. (like you are now) for 2000 years the classics were a requirement for every educated person. you need to discover history. it will actually help you. you are not smart enough to rediscover the wheel. there have been thousands of people just like you who have wasted their entire lives ignoring the classics hoping to reinvent their little lives. it wont work. just start to read. it actually will help you.

8:36 pm January 2, 2011

Gary WIntle wrote:

I want the banks to stay out of government. The real problem is not the government regulating banks its the UNELECTED banks regulating the government.
Funny how they had no problem with "big government" when they needed taxpayers money. Welfare for the rich indeed.
What angers me is corporate stooges in the media telling us we should do whatever the banks want; in elections we vote for politicians to serve US, the taxpayers, not bloody hedge fund managers and bankers. The markets want this, the markets want that. Who died and made them emperors?

3:20 am January 11, 2011

Richard Wicks wrote:

Haha, Corporate media doesn't do the dirty work of the banks.

Corporate media is just extremely lazy. Get a press release, run with it, that's all the do - it just so happens that all the press releases have an agenda behind them. There's precious few journalists in the world today and practically none in the Western press. None of these journalists know anything other than how to write.

I mean - who is Andrea Hotter? The job of our press is by and large to sell crap advertised in the media and they do that by generating readership. You don't generate readership by telling your readership that you've been feeding them lousy data on the stockmarket and you missed the bulk of the precious metal move over the last decade.

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